Princess Diana Birth Chart
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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Princess Diana’s chart. The angle list gives the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Imum Coeli; the table below lists planet positions and house numbers.
- Ascendant
- Sagittarius 18°24′
- Midheaven
- Libra 23°03′
- Descendant
- Gemini 18°24′
- Imum Coeli
- Aries 23°03′
| Body | Sign and degree | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer 9°39′ | 7 |
| Moon | Aquarius 25°01′ | 2 |
| Mercury | Cancer 3°12′Retrograde | 7 |
| Venus | Taurus 24°23′ | 5 |
| Mars | Virgo 1°38′ | 8 |
| Jupiter | Aquarius 5°05′Retrograde | 2 |
| Saturn | Capricorn 27°48′Retrograde | 1 |
| Uranus | Leo 23°20′ | 8 |
| Neptune | Scorpio 8°38′Retrograde | 10 |
| Pluto | Virgo 6°02′ | 8 |
| North Node | Leo 29°43′Retrograde | 8 |
| South Node | Aquarius 29°43′Retrograde | 2 |
| Lilith | Leo 16°45′ | 8 |
| Chiron | Pisces 6°28′Retrograde | 2 |
Princess Diana · local time · Sandringham, England, United Kingdom
The recorded birth time is approximate, so the rising sign and houses may differ.
Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden A; The Royal Family — Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana's Sun, Moon and Rising
Sun in Cancer is often associated with care, protectiveness and wanting people to feel they belong. Cancer notices the personal side of a larger situation. Diana's royal biography documents her work with Centrepoint and other charities. Those are named organisations with practical concerns. They give this Cancer reading something more specific than a general description of kindness.
A caring quality becomes most useful when it is attached to an actual need. Think of helping someone find a place to stay or making a new person feel welcome. Cancer is commonly linked with that wish to make life feel safer and more familiar. Diana's public charitable affiliations offer a large-scale comparison. There are organisations and engagements beside the familiar image of a caring public figure.
Moon in Aquarius is usually described as independent, open to different people and willing to take another approach. It adds a less conventional side beside the Cancer Sun. Care and independence are able to sit together. One notices the person close at hand. The other asks whether the usual way of doing things could change. For Diana's public role, it draws attention to an individual presence inside a very established institution.
Sagittarius rising is associated with openness, warmth and reaching beyond a familiar setting. The royal biography records overseas tours alongside engagements in Britain. That gives the Sagittarius description an actual public comparison. Different places bring different people into view. The combination has both closeness and reach: Cancer attends to an immediate human concern, Aquarius adds an individual approach, and Sagittarius takes the encounter into a wider world.
Moon square Venus: an individual voice and a familiar image
Venus in Taurus is linked with lasting taste, pleasing textures and an appreciation of tangible things. It squares the Aquarius Moon at 0.63°. A square is often read as a relationship where two styles need adjustment. Taurus likes a recognisable form. Aquarius likes room for a different point of view.
Diana's biography puts her fashion profile beside her charitable work. Those are two concrete parts of the public record. Clothes are seen at an engagement, while a patronage connects someone to an organisation over time. The Moon–Venus square gives a simple way to think about an individual presence beside an established public image.
The Taurus side also makes the comparison physical. There is a garment, a shape and a setting where it is worn. Aquarius adds the possibility that an appearance might change what people expect to see. In everyday astrology language, the pairing brings the familiar and the independent into the same room. Diana's documented public roles give us different occasions to consider beside that mix.
Sun trine Neptune: care and imagination meet the arts
Neptune in Scorpio is commonly associated with deep moods and an imagination that draws people in. Diana's Cancer Sun trines Neptune at 1.03°. A trine is usually read as qualities helping each other along. Here a caring, familiar approach meets a more absorbing feeling.
Her involvement with ballet provides a specific public example. The royal biography names English National Ballet among her patronages. Dance creates an experience through movement, music and a shared atmosphere. It gives the Sun–Neptune pairing an actual art form to sit beside. Cancer adds a personal connection, while Neptune draws attention to the feeling of the performance.
This also expands the reading beyond a single idea of charity. The documented public work includes arts as well as practical support. Both involve people coming into contact with something that matters to them. The chart's water signs are a useful way to reflect on closeness and depth across those different activities, with the named affiliations keeping the discussion concrete.
Venus square Uranus: a recognisable look with room to change
Uranus in Leo is linked with a fresh way of expressing something and wanting the change to be visible. It squares Venus at 1.06°. This adds another lively contact around Taurus Venus. There is a love of a tangible, recognisable form, alongside a push to try a different presentation.
Diana's fashion profile and her different public engagements give the pairing a clear comparison. The same figure appears in different places with different purposes. A familiar image is able to move. Read beside Moon square Venus, the Taurus placement has both an independent side and an interest in changing what is seen. That gives the chart more variety than one fixed description of personal style.
Taurus Venus is often described as loyal to a style it truly enjoys. The Aquarius and Uranus contacts add room for another choice within that steadiness. Beside Diana's documented fashion profile, the mix gives us both a recognisable appearance and occasions for meeting it in different ways.
Reading this chart respectfully
Diana's documented engagements and patronages guide this page, rather than speculation about her marriage or private feelings.
Birth record
Rodden rating A. A 1981 Buckingham Palace letter quotes 19:45 from Diana's mother; ADB documents the alternative 14:00 claim.
Historical local-time rules determine the chart; ten-planet totals weight Sun/Moon 3 and other planets 1. Sign scores add rising +2; planet scores add +2 in houses 1, 4, 7 or 10 and each major planet-to-planet aspect +max(0, 1 − orb/10). Ties follow zodiac, planet and house order. Compare with your own chart for reflection, never prediction.
Major aspects
The orb measures distance from the exact angle: a smaller number means a tighter aspect.
| Bodies and aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Uranus sextile Midheaven | 0.28° |
| Chiron opposition Pluto | 0.42° |
| Moon square Venus | 0.63° |
| Sun trine Neptune | 1.03° |
| Venus square Uranus | 1.06° |
| Mercury sextile Mars | 1.56° |
| Lilith trine Ascendant | 1.65° |
| Moon opposition Uranus | 1.70° |
| Mars conjunction North Node | 1.93° |
| Mars opposition South Node | 1.93° |
| Moon trine Midheaven | 1.98° |
| Chiron trine Neptune | 2.17° |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | 2.59° |
| Mercury sextile Pluto | 2.84° |
| Chiron trine Sun | 3.19° |
| Chiron trine Mercury | 3.27° |
| Venus trine Saturn | 3.41° |
| Mercury sextile North Node | 3.48° |
| Mercury trine South Node | 3.48° |
| Jupiter square Neptune | 3.54° |
| Sun sextile Pluto | 3.62° |
| Mars conjunction Pluto | 4.40° |
| Moon opposition North Node | 4.69° |
| Moon conjunction South Node | 4.69° |
| Saturn square Midheaven | 4.76° |
| Chiron opposition Mars | 4.82° |
| Uranus trine Ascendant | 4.92° |
| Venus square North Node | 5.32° |
| Venus square South Node | 5.32° |
| Mercury trine Neptune | 5.44° |
| Pluto opposition South Node | 6.32° |
| Pluto conjunction North Node | 6.33° |
| Uranus conjunction North Node | 6.38° |
| Uranus opposition South Node | 6.38° |
| Sun conjunction Mercury | 6.46° |
| Uranus conjunction Lilith | 6.57° |
| Moon opposition Mars | 6.61° |
| South Node trine Midheaven | 6.67° |
| Chiron opposition North Node | 6.75° |
| Chiron conjunction South Node | 6.75° |
| Jupiter conjunction Saturn | 7.28° |
Chart dominants
These scores summarize emphasis within this chart, rather than measuring personality or talent. Other scoring methods give different results.
- Top signs
- Cancer (4) · Aquarius (4) · Virgo (2).
- Cancer: protecting what feels familiar and meaningful; Aquarius: taking an independent angle and thinking about groups; Virgo: improving details through practical work.
- Top planets
- Sun (6.89) · Neptune (5.74) · Mercury (5.37).
- Sun: identity and purpose; Neptune: imagination and ideals; Mercury: communication and learning.
- Top houses
- House 2 (4) · House 7 (4) · House 8 (3).
- House 2: resources and priorities; House 7: partnership and collaboration; House 8: shared resources.
- Dominant element
- Water (5 points).
- Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
- Dominant modality
- Fixed (7 points).
- Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.
Placements at a glance
- Sun in Cancer: in astrology, identity and purpose is read through protecting what feels familiar and meaningful.
- Moon in Aquarius: in astrology, emotional habits is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Mercury in Cancer: in astrology, communication and learning is read through protecting what feels familiar and meaningful.
- Venus in Taurus: in astrology, taste and appreciation is read through building steadily and valuing tangible results.
- Mars in Virgo: in astrology, effort and initiative is read through improving details through practical work.
- Jupiter in Aquarius: in astrology, growth and perspective is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Saturn in Capricorn: in astrology, discipline and limits is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Uranus in Leo: in astrology, experimentation and change is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- Neptune in Scorpio: in astrology, imagination and ideals is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Pluto in Virgo: in astrology, intensity and transformation is read through improving details through practical work.
- North Node in Leo: in astrology, a direction for reflection is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- South Node in Aquarius: in astrology, familiar patterns is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Lilith in Leo: in astrology, independence in symbolic readings is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- Chiron in Pisces: in astrology, learning from difficult experience is read through responding through imagination and emotional atmosphere.
- Sagittarius rising: the recorded time places the first impression and approach to new situations in this sign.
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